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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cube

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ACube is a financial planning & analysis (FP&A) platform that aims to enable finance teams to be more strategic and positively contribute to company growth activities by spending less time on manual, repetitive task, from Cube Planning headquartered in New York.N/A

    Looker

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ALooker is a BI application with an analytics-oriented application server that sits on top of relational data stores. It includes an end-user interface for exploring data, a reusable development paradigm for data discovery, and an API for supporting data in other systems.N/A
    Pricing
    CubeLooker
    Editions & Modules
    Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CubeLooker
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredRequired
    Additional Details—Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    CubeLooker
    Considered Both Products
    Cube Planning, Inc
    Chose Cube
    Cube was the most flexible while still doing everything we need it to do. Because it is a spreadsheet native platform we could quickly and easily integrate it into the processes we already had. While at the same time learning how Cube worked so that we could fully leverage its …
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    Chose Cube
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    56 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    85 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    52 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    75 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    54 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    87 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    43 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    55 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
    Features
    CubeLooker
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    7.5
    21 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Looker
    7.4
    134 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.96 Ratings6.5110 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards6.418 Ratings8.2133 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.318 Ratings7.5115 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    8.9
    47 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Looker
    6.8
    132 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Drill-down analysis9.646 Ratings6.3128 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.435 Ratings6.6130 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.06 Ratings5.655 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.828 Ratings8.8131 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    8.4
    21 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Looker
    7.9
    128 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Publish to Web8.211 Ratings7.7105 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.511 Ratings7.8113 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.515 Ratings7.984 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.48 Ratings8.2110 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Looker
    6.6
    128 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.811 Ratings7.7124 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.18 Ratings7.5110 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.87 Ratings4.66 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    9.3
    40 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Looker
    7.3
    128 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.233 Ratings7.5120 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.530 Ratings7.2105 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.231 Ratings7.2122 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.09 Ratings7.360 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.625 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Looker
    5.2
    95 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.79 Ratings4.991 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.93 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.24 Ratings5.885 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning6.545 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.951 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting7.349 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling6.644 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting8.351 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    8.5
    49 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation8.944 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports9.623 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations8.514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails8.232 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    8.2
    54 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting8.745 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting7.948 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting9.249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting6.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    8.1
    37 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards7.515 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs8.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis8.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting7.722 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data9.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Cube and Looker
    Feature
    Cube
    8.9
    46 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Flat file integration9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration9.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CubeLooker
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CubeLooker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (58 ratings)
    8.0
    (134 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CubeLooker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cube Planning, Inc
    1) The budget process. In QBO the budgeting capability is non-existant, unless you like manually typing in every scenario and not being able to budget by class. Cube houses my budget/forecast scenarios & lets me view and analyze by my company's preferred data points; department, GL account, vendor, & sales campaign. I'm able to run monthly budget variance reports and plan for the future with ease. 2) We've begun using Cube to help analyze profitablity by sales job. We've never had such easy access to this type of info in the past, so this is a benefit I can directly attribute to Cube. 3) We're beginning now to use an integration with our payroll software to work on headcount planning and payroll analysis.
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    Google
    When data drives potential for new orders, Looker earns its place in our tech stack. If, on the other hand, we are hoping for pipeline generation, Looker is useful if you are willing to repeatedly go check customer utilizations .... it is not appropriate if you are hoping to automate data analysis for this purpose.
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    Pros
    Cube Planning, Inc
    • Push/pull information across any Google Sheet or Excel workbook.
    • Budget at a much more granular level (by month by account by the department by vendor).
    • Custom mapping to allow for multiple cuts of the same data.
    • Bulk range selection within a workbook.
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    Google
    • Show visited pages - sessions, pageviews - which programs are viewed the most.
    • Displays session source/medium views to see where users are coming from.
    • It shows the video titles, URLs, and event counts so we can monitor the performance of our videos.
    • It gives a graphic face to the numbers, such as using bar charts, pie graphs, and other charts to show user trends or which channels are driving engagement.
    • Our clients like to see the top pages visited for a month.
    • I like the drop-and-drag approach, and building charts is a little easier than it was before.
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    Cons
    Cube Planning, Inc
    • Limited to 8 top line dimensions. Although you can bring in as many attributes of data as you want, but I would really like Cube to increase top line dimensions to 10.
    • The ability for cross level interaction within multiples cube would be a major plus once implemented.
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    Google
    • Documentation is scarce, and very difficult to find when you need it.
    • Pricing is unclear, particularly as you look to scale your reports across the business.
    • Data from other sources is not represented in the system as well as first party Google services.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I give it this rating because it deems as effective, I am able to complete majority of my tasks using this app. It is very helpful when analyzing the data provided and shown in the app and it's just overall a great app for Operational use, despite the small hiccups it has (live data).
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    Usability
    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Looker is relatively easy to use, even as it is set up. The customers for the front-end only have issues with the initial setup for looker ml creations. Other "looks" are relatively easy to set up, depending on the ETL and the data which is coming into Looker on a regular basis.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    No objections
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    Performance
    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Somehow resources heavy, both on server and client. I recommned at least 50Mbs data rate and high performance desktop comouter to be abke to run comolex tasks and configure larger amount of data. On the other hand, the client does not need to worry when viewing, the performance is usually ok
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    Support Rating
    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Never had to work with support for issues. Any questions we had, they would respond promptly and clearly. The one-time setup was easy, by reading documentation. If the feature is not supported, they will add a feature request. In this case, LDAP support was requested over OKTA. They are looking into it.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Very satisfied, easy to implement
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cube Planning, Inc
    Cube was just a lot easier to use than Vena. We took some time to look at Vena as well and while their product was impressive, our organization was not yet there. We needed something we could implement quickly, and in today's day and age I think that is a very important quality to have. Start up and early stage companies do not have the luxury of implementation teams and massive IT resources so Cube was a huge help.
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    Google
    Looker Studio, you can easily report on data from various sources without programming. Looker Studio is available at no charge for creators and report viewers. Enterprise customers who upgrade to Looker Studio Pro will receive support and expanded administrative features, including team content management. So it's good.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Perfect price to performance
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    Return on Investment
    Cube Planning, Inc
    • It has decreased the amount of time it takes to build reports by days
    • I can rest easy knowing the knowledge is accurate and there is no human error
    • I have been able to create more reports than I ever dreamed of with the new time and ease of use
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    Google
    • Looker has a poignant impact on our business's ROI objectives. As an advertising exchange we have specific goals for daily requests and fill, and having premade Looks to monitor this is an integral piece of our operational capability
    • To facilitate an efficient monthly billing cycle in our organization, Looker is essential to track estimated revenue and impression delivery by publisher. Without the Looks we have set up, we would spend considerably more time and effort segmenting revenue by vertical.
    • Looker's unique value proposition is making analytical tools more digestible to people without conventional analytical experience. Other competing tools like Tableau require considerably more training and context to successfully use, and the ability to easily plot different visualizations is one of its greatest selling points.
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    Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.